Check out what Frontlines covered 25 years ago, in its November 1985 edition . On page 2 read about how former USAID Administrator Peter McPherson announced that 1990 was the goal to end polio in the western hemisphere. Although it took four more years to meet that goal, in 1994 Western Hemisphere was certified polio-free, followed [...]
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Natural Disasters Strike Guatemala
submitted by LaToya Butler On May 26, 2010 heavy rainfall marked hurricane season’s first occurrence, Tropical Depression (TD) Agatha, began in Guatemala and El Salvador causing enormous sink holes in downtown Guatemala City and triggering floods and mudslides in two thirds of the country’s municipalities. Many public schools were converted into temporary shelters for the [...]
